Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-10
NO PROFIT In STRIKING,
a STARTLING SHOWING OF THE
RESULTS IN NEW YORK.

S211,1S6 Lost In Wages in the. Two
Strikes Up to Date-Msny of th,AMen
Struggling Back Co work-A Llrgs
Increase I'm the Number of Workmen
on the Market.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Except for the
number OF longshoremen standing Idle
on the corners, the streets along the river
front have assumed almost their normal
appearance, though 1t requires larger
number of men to do the work now than
formerly. The steamboat and railroad
pier managers all claim that business ID
as good as before the strike, and thai
freight Is being moved with the utmost
facility. Steamers are now leaving at
the advertised time and the lam OF tight
ON the railroad piers no lQaD1 exists.
BOTH STRIKES FL 1UREs.
The Commercial Advertiser OF tha
morning says regarding the big strikes
''The strike of the railroad freight hand-
1ers in this city was a week old last night.
The longshoremen quilt work on Jan.
q. Both strikes are now an1itted even
by their projectors to be failures. They
have not helped the cause OF the coal
handlers nor brought about any increase
OF pay. They have not even seriously
interfered with the business OF the coni-
panies against which the movement was
directed. There never was great Labor
movement in New York city which ia led
SO miserably as these strikes.
INCREASED LABOR COMPETITION.
AT present there are STA freight
handlers and longshoremen idle In New
York city as result of the strike. Two
weeks ago these men had steady employl
ment at good wages. Most of these
tAhnrara fhav
left at the command of the Knights ol
Labor. Probably half of the men who
have taken strikers places have been
brought from other cities. Now that thew
have secured good and steady employ
ment they will stay. The strikers have.
therefore, succeeded in adding 1900 poor
to the laborers OF New York, and havS
thus decreased their own chances for get-
ting employment hereafter. Besides the
wages they have lost and the suffering
they have brought on themselves and
their families, these are the only tangible
Aresults the strikers have gained.
LOSSES IN WAGES.
The loss in wages to date is an item a
great deal larger than most persona
imagine. There are LOLA freight handlers
on the East and North rivers who have,
with to-day, lost seven days work on ac-
count OF the strike. Their average wages
whan NJ work are 81 Sc a day. They have
lost, therefore, $l3, 1856 since they have
been idle. There are 1920 longshoremeu
along the North and East rivers who will
have been idle on account of the strike
two weeks tomorrow. Probably they
averaged SO 30 q day for the most part al
this season OF the year. On this basis OF
calculation the eleven days the long,
shoremen have been idle have cost them
$l9S, 900, or a total cost on the two
strikes OF $2ll 1856 thus far in the matter
OF wages.
RETURNING TO WORK.
A great many strikers are struggling
back to work, applying at places where
they are not known. In 9any cases
where they applied to be taken back in
their places they we're refused employs
ment and in other cases they were well
coined. The longshoremen onKard's
Cuban steamship docks retuy Forx
to-day on slse old terms. sorhsSH the
strikers admitted that there were too
many men in the business for the unions
to combat the companies successfully. Id
seems to be clearer case OF defeat of the
freight handlers and longshoremen than
OF the coal handlers, whose cause tho
former two classes of labor espoused.
There are mutterings OF a threatened
general strike on the Reading railroad In
support of the coal handlers, notwiths
standing the published statements that
an amicable agreement had been reached
between representatives or the COM
pany and the different classes Of labor
employed by 1t. If this strike occurs i'd
will be a serious one for the road,.al-
though IT. is not likely to help the strikers
on the other lines.
A statement was published to-day that
the strikes in the coal carrying trade hav0
diminished by 800,00 tons the amount OF
coal that would otherwise have reached
points of ultimate delivery up to date.